Lantern-holder



(Mo-del.) Y

- A. H. WARNER.

- LANTERN HOLDER.

No. 247,880. Y Patented oct. 4,1881.

- INvLN'ToR ATTORNEY lNrTED *STATES *PATENT OFFICE. lv

AUGUSTUS H. VVARNER,OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

LANTERN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming lpart of Letters Patent No. 247,860, dated October4, 1881. Application filed December 13,1880. (Model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS H. WARNER,

of Bristol, in the county ot' Hartford and State y of Connecticut, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Lantern-Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference' duration havesbeen open tothe objection of rattling disagreeabl y when the vehicle to which theyareattached is in motion. Again, some devices ldesigned for this usehave assumed the form of depending cages, while others have haddepending arms and clamps extending down forsome distance on the body ofthe lantern. These latter devices have not only been found to becumbrous in use, but are unsightly in appearance. r

In view, then, of the existing state of the art, the objects of myinvention are to produce a lantern-holder of extremely simpleconstruction, and hence capable of beingprodnced and supplied to thetrade at aslightinitial cost, and one which when attached to a vehicleis entirely out of sight and annoyance.

With these objects in view my invention consists in a lantern-holderembodying'certain details of construction and combinations of parts, aswill hereinafter be described and shown.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my lantern-holderwith a lantern secured in position therein. Fig. 2 is a detachedperspective view ofalan tern-holderconstructed in accordance with myinvention, and Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal cross-section thereof.

Let A represent a brackebplate of any desired form of construction, andadapted by means of apertures a to be secured underneath the body of avehicle. Bracket A is also provided with a blade-shaped depending arm,B, which may be attached thereto, but is preferably cast integraltherewith.

Resilient jaws G are riveted at each side of jaws, and thereby extra`stead ot the central tube.

is attained, consistsin a seinicircular recess, a',

in each ofthe jaws, and ot" an outwardly-flaring lip, a2. When, now, thet'wojaws are `riveted. to the opposite faces of the bladeshapeddepending arm B in such position that the convex faces of thesemicircular recesses a are eX- posed, a cylindrical socket to receivethe lantern-tubes willbe formed, admission for the tube into the socketbeing obtained through a wedge-sh aped and resilient en trance formed bythe conjunction of the two aring lips of the jaws.

The practical application of my improvement is'too simple and apparentto need further explanation than is furnished by the drawings, Fig. l ofwhich shows a lantern supported by my form of holder.

- The resilient jaws, in addition to the leverage obtained on the centertube of the lantern by their width, are designed to be made of once inposition it will be a practical impossi bility for the lantern to workitself free. under face of the upper cross-tube of the lantern hasbearing on the upper edges of the two support is afforded therefor.

I have shown and described the holder as clasping the center tube of thelantern. However, it is apparent that if any advantage would result twoholders of the form described might be placed side by side and adaptedto clasp each of the outside tubes of a lantern in- It is also apparentthat I should not violate the spirit of my invention by forming abracket with two depending blade-shaped arms, and providing them Thewith resilient jaws to operate as just above dev IOO been intended oradapted for the purpose oi retaining a lantern in place. A lanternholdermust be constructed and arranged not only to support the lantern, but tohold it rigidly and prevent it from swaying or swinging to and fro whenthe vehicleis passing over rough and uneven roads. To eect theseresults, I provide a bracket which is adapted to be flrmly secured tothe under side ot' the wagon-body, and to a depending arm or lug of thebracket I rivet the ends ot' two wide and sti springmetaljaws, each ofwhich is provided near its free end with a seniicircular recess and withoutwardly-Eating ends. The central tube of the lantern being insertedbetween the wide spring-nietaljaws, is retained within the semicircularrecesses in su id jaws, whereby the latter serve t0 not only support thelantern, but, by reason of theextended beari ng ot'thesprin gmetal jawson the tube ot' the lantern, serve to prevent the latter from swingingwhen suspended beneath a vehiclebody.

Having fully described my invention, hat

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Alanternholdcrconsistingot'abracket-plate adapted to be secured to theunder side of a wagon-body, said plate having a depending lng or bladecast integral therewith, in combination with the two wide, at metalspring-jaws C C, which are riveted at one end to the lower end ot' thebracketlug or blade, and arranged parallel to the bracket-plate, thefree ends ot' said jaws being formed with an elongated socket forgrasping the central tube of the lantern and supporting the same, andalso preventing the lantern from swinging while in use7 substantially asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingl have hereunto set my hand this8th day of December, 1880.

A U GUSTUS H. WARNER.

Vitnesses:

GEO. A. GoWDY, Guns. A. (100K.

